The author of Robinson Crusoe and the History of the Plague, was the son of James Foe, a butcher of Cripplegate in London. He also wrote tracts which several times got him into trouble.
ALEXANDER POPE.
Born 1688.—Died 1744.—James III.—William III.—Anne.—George I.—George II.
This celebrated poet of the 18th century, the son of a linendraper in the Strand, London, translated the Iliad and Odyssey, wrote the Rape of the Lock, the Essay on Man, and other poems.
DEAN JONATHAN SWIFT.
Born 1667.—Died 1745.—Charles II.—James II.—William III.—Anne.—George I.—George II.
An Irish divine, born at Dublin, was a distinguished wit and writer. He wrote many satirical works, and Gulliver’s Travels. His bitter, morose spirit tinges all his works. He died insane as Dean of St. Patrick’s.
JOSEPH BUTLER.
Born 1692.—Died 1752.—William III.—Anne.—George I.—George II.
The author of the famous Analogy and Sermons, which have been long used as text-books of moral philosophy at our universities; he was Bishop of Bristol and afterwards of Durham, and Clerk of the Closet to Queen Caroline. He was born at Wantage in Berkshire, and died at Bath.